Kanji N1

蒔: sow (seeds)

蒔 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning sow (seeds), written with 13 strokes. It is read シ, ジ (on) and うえる, まく (kun). It is not a jōyō kanji; you will meet it mostly in names. You will see it in 蒔く (まく, to sow) and 散蒔く (ばらまく, to scatter).

蒔

Meanings

  • sow (seeds)
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeName kanji
Frequency#2368 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シ
  • ジ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うえる
  • まく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 蒔

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 蒔くまく

    to sow; to plant; to seed

    JLPT N2
  • 散蒔くばらまく

    to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor)

    JLPT N1
  • 蒔絵まきえ

    gold or silver lacquer

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